свирати

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *svirati.

Verb

свирати • (svirati) impf

1. to whistle
2. to play flute
3. (transitive, intransitive, music) to play (instrument)

References

• “свирати”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *svirati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʋǐːrati/
• Hyphenation: сви‧ра‧ти

Verb

сви́рати impf (Latin spelling svírati)

1. (transitive, intransitive, music) to play (instrument)

Conjugation

Conjugation of свирати

Infinitive: свирати		Present verbal adverb: сви́рајӯћи		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: сви́ра̄ње
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ја	ти	он / она / оно	ми	ви	они / оне / она
Present		свирам	свираш	свира	свирамо	свирате	свирају
Future	Future I	свират ћу1 свираћу	свират ћеш1 свираћеш	свират ће1 свираће	свират ћемо1 свираћемо	свират ћете1 свираћете	свират ће1 свираће
	Future II	бу̏де̄м свирао2	бу̏де̄ш свирао2	бу̏де̄ свирао2	бу̏де̄мо свирали2	бу̏де̄те свирали2	бу̏дӯ свирали2
Past	Perfect	свирао сам2	свирао си2	свирао је2	свирали смо2	свирали сте2	свирали су2
	Pluperfect3	би̏о сам свирао2	би̏о си свирао2	би̏о је свирао2	би́ли смо свирали2	би́ли сте свирали2	би́ли су свирали2
	Imperfect	свирах	свираше	свираше	свирасмо	свирасте	свираху
Conditional I		свирао бих2	свирао би2	свирао би2	свирали бисмо2	свирали бисте2	свирали би2
Conditional II4		би̏о бих свирао2	би̏о би свирао2	би̏о би свирао2	би́ли бисмо свирали2	би́ли бисте свирали2	би́ли би свирали2
Imperative		—	свирај	—	свирајмо	свирајте	—
Active past participle		свирао m / свирала f / свирало n			свирали m / свирале f / свирала n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic. 2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively. 3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped. 4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.   *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

• одсви́рати
• просви́рати
• засви́рати

Further reading

• “свирати”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024